Combination-razor.



V. '1'. MILLER.

COMBINATION RAZOR.

APPLIOATIONHLED JUNE 27, 1913.

1,1\1v1,1 64, Patente Sept. 22, 1914.

FW 4 Fg l 0 7 l i l ffy-6 VOLNEY 'l'. liIIll'aElft, OF NESS CITY, KANSAS.

COMBINATION-RAZOR.

Specicaton of `Letters Patent.

Application med June 27. 1913. serial no. 776.086.'

Patented sept. 22, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VOLNEY T. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Ness City, in the county of Ness and State of Kansas. have invented a new and useful Combination-Razor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a. combination razor of the character specified, in which a movable blade arm and movable right and left guard arms are hung to a` handle by a pin, common to all; a razor blade locking intoT the blade arm by a locking device at its outer end, thus making a razor whichv may be used as an ordinary razor, and having a right and -left safety guard, at the outer end of the safety guard farms, either or both of which may be closed into the handle or may be locked into the blade armA thus converting the razor into a safety razor, the blade ar'm and safety varms closing into the handle which has a.

seat block at its outer end.

' In the drawings z- Figure 1 is a side view of the razor showing safety devices locked in position. Fig.'

. 2 is a side view of the razor showing the` .blade arm and safety arms.

,tension locking devices.

Fig. 3 isa cross section View of the blade arm 'and safety 'extensions showing the safety ex- Fig. 4, is an end View of the blade arm and blade` showing the blade locking device; Fig. 5 is a crossr section view of the 'blade locking device; Fig. 6 is a side view of the razor blade. Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The improved' razor is composed of a blade holder 1, being two pieces ofnarrow thin metal bound together parallel with each other by a rivet 15, the handle pin 14l and by the locking device 9. When the locking device is open the lips .or ,fore end of the blade arm 1 are free to open above rivet 15 and thus release the blade 8. The post L1Q is a vertical post fitting into the" notch 17- in the razor blade thus forming part of the locking device for the blade 8; This 'post is fastened securely into one lip of the blade arm lat sncha distance `from the closed locking device 9 as is the distance between the two notches 17. In the opposite lip of the blade arm 1 and directly opposite the lock post 12' there ie a hole through which the lock post passes freely, the outside being counter sunk so the lock post 12 will pass through freely and not stick or bind.

The two lips of the blade arm are locked together by the locking device 9. This locking device.. consists of a short, bolt, with a Hanging head, hung in the outer end of one lip of the forearm 1, by a rivet or screw 19 near its bottom end, and is free to move forward or backward. Directly opposite in the other lip of the blade arm` 1 there is a slot 10, counter sunk on the outside, and in register with the lock bolt 9 and in. which said bolt locks. Vhen the razor blade 8 is in position in the blade arm 1 the lock bolt 9 forms one of the binding posts for the notches 17 in the blade.

On the inside front side of each of the lips of the blade arm l, and midway of the lock post l2 and the locking device 9, there is a groove Wide enough and deep enough to receive the teat 6 in the safety arms and slightly .sloping outward at the back side` `projecting teat 6.

The guard arms 3 and 4 are thin stamped metal arms.,` hung to the handle ofthe razor on the pin 14 on opposite sides of the blade arm, and are so hung that. they can either one or both, be shut into the handle or locked onto the blade arm. They are so constructed that when the safety device is locked on to the blade arm Vthe back side 'l ofthe safety arm will lie flat against the outside of the razor arm, and parallel with it, and the fore side of the safety extension 18 will lie flat lagainst the razor` blade. The difference in surface of the outside of the blade arm and therazor blade being met in the safety arm by a double opposed Aangle thus making an offset which fits evenly the surface of the the razor blade.

The safety extension 18 consists of an extension or widening of the guard arms 3 and 4 forming a plate that hugs the razor blade when locked in position on the blade arm. On the front side offthese plates 18' are a series of teeth 5, being anelongation of the plates 18, spaced equally' distant and parallel with each other, andf at a suitable distance apart. The inside front. side of'such teeth being on a line approximately parallel' with the cutting'edge of the razor blade-and sloping slightly forward `toward theirout'- side. These teeth are .set on an angle,ftheir front end being forward of wherethey join blade "arm and the guard plates 18 at ap roximately sixty degrees angle with the flfont edge of the guard plate 18, forming safety guards and at the same time guiding the razor slightly forward in combination with its downward cutting motion, thus increasing the shaving qualitles of the razor. l

The teat 6 s a device that locks the safety guards 3 and 4 to the blade arm, the same beingstamped out of the angle in the safety arm. This teat 6 is in register with, and fits into the groove 7 in the blade arm and has the safety plate will seat the teat securely.

The blade consists of a thin sharp steel blade in length approximately the distance llo'etvveennthe lock post 12 andthe locking device 9 and' in Width approximately equaling thedistane from the back side of the blade arm 1 andtheinside front side of the teeth 5, when the safety. arms are locked inosition on the blade arm.' '--Qn each end o the blade are two notches 17"'directly opposite each other and in which the-.lock post 12 and the locking device 9 fit whenthe blade is A- in positionfin the blade arm. A

The handle is an ordinary handle consisting of two strips of metal, Celluloid, rubber,

bone or other suitable material, placedv parallel with each other and bound at the ends. by the pin 14 and a rivet or screw 16. The-vv front sidev of the handle 13 is open to receive thesafet arms 3 and 4 and the blade arm 1. All o these arms may be shut into ltolliedhandle either with or without the razor a e. are locked onto the blade arm'and the three arms are then shut into the handle.

There is as'eat block 2 between the outer ends of the handle strips 13 and this seat block holds the-outer ends of the handle To close the razor the safety arms will receive the arms, andv isso constructed that it affords a seat for the closed arms. Through this seat block the rivet or screw passes. p

I claim- 1. A combination razor ofthe character specified having a blade armand right and left safety guard arms, ,the said three members being pivotally mounted at the back end of` an ordinary razor handle and having a locking device to lock either safety arm to the blade arm as desired, the said locking device consisting of concave safety, extensions 18 and lock teats 6 and grooves 7. v

2. A combination razor of the character specified having a blade arm 1 and safety arms 3 and 4, the said threemembers being pivoted to a common razor handle, the blade arm comprising two lips and having a yblade locking device 9 and lock post 12 and havin grooves 7 in each lip of said blade arm, an the safety arms havin safety extensions 18 on the back side of w ich are lock teats 6, all substantially as described.

3. A combination razor ofthe character specified having a blade 'arm 1 comprising two lips, and safety arms 3 and 4, the said three members pivoted to a common razor handle by a pin, the blade arm having lock grooves 7 in each lip of said blade arm and the safety arms having safety extensions 18, on the back side of which, there are lock teeth 5,.all substantially as described.

4. A blade arm comprising two lon narrow strips of metal held parallel wit each other and having grooves on the under front side of each strip, in combination with a safety appliance of thin resilient metal, said safety appliance comprising two comb plates voLNEY T. MILL-isle.4

Witnesses THOMAS L. PEMBLE'roN, JOHN R. WATSON.

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